Quote: Fully "That'd be alright if you were making a good point. Except you don't. You've listed 14.
Shenton, Lynch, Milner, Huby, Massey, Clark, Boyle, Holmes, Owen, Clare, Fleming, Reynolds. That's 12 to your 14, almost 50% Cas academy.
You've just mentioned 9 in two posts (between you and the other OP), one of which rarely plays - if at all - (Cunningham), vis-Ã -vis Reynolds and one that doesn't play for you in Hodgson. If we're doing that, let's include
As I've said the reason why our youth has suffered was Hetherington and Agar, who are now ruining your neighbors.
Hopefully we are following Cas, Wigan and Leeds model of bringing players through. Our squad Is about 50% local lads, so we are getting there but sometimes you need to plug the gap short.
All this about us constantly raiding you is over the top. In the last three years we have signed 3 players, one each year in Westerman ( were you got a big fee), Arundel and Thompson. In this time you have signed two players from Hull in Ellis and Lynch.